Apparatus for drying veneering.



G. M. WALKER.

APPARATUS FOR DRYING VENEERING.

APPLICATION FILED APR.28', 1908.

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, To all whom it may concern:

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1 UNITED s'rarns GAINES M. WALKER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

APPARATUS FDR DRYING VENEERING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

.Be it known that I, GAINES M. /VALKER, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Apparatus for Drying Veneer-ing, of which the followceiving sheets of veneering while the same is ing is a specification containing a full, clear,

and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

. Myinvent-ion relates to an. apparatus for drying veneering, my object being to construct a simple, inexpenslve apparatus or frame on the order of a kiln, and which frame or kiln is particularly adapted for re- I being dried, and the supporting rails of which frame or kiln are so formed as that they contact with but a very small portion of the surface of the veneering, thereby per mitting all parts of the vcneerin to dry uniformly, thus preventing the curling or buckling of said veneering.

' To the above purposes, my invention con- SlStS 1n certaln novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out nthe claims, and illustrated in the accomj panying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an end view of a drying apparatus of my improved construction; Fig.

"2 is a side elevation of one end of the drying apparatus with a portion thereof shown in Ssection; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged. detail,

principally in section, and showing the shape of the supporting rails of the apparatus.

In the construction of the apparatus as shown, a skeleton base 1 is formed of timbers suitably framed together, and fixed to said basel at a central point between the sides thereof is a series of uprights 2, which are preferably "apart, and fixed to the upper ends of these uprights is a horizontally disposed frame 3, on which is carried a suitable roof or cover 4,

arranged at equal distances Arranged on each pair of uprights 2 is a 'arranged at equal distances apart, and the ends of said rails'being pointed, as desigf nated by 6. The under sides of these rails are V-shaped, as designated by 7, and the "top edges are of inverted V-shape in cross section, as designated by 8. Thus a skeleton frame is formed, and the thin sheets of veneering are located in the spaces between the rails 5, and as the top edges of said rails are of inverted V-shape, said sheets of veneering are practically supported on knifeedged bearings, so that practically the entire l surface of each sheet of veneering is wholl exposed to the air.

The ends of the rails 5 are pointed, in order that the edges of the sheets of veneering may be readily guided between the rails when the drying apparatus or kiln is being filled.

A kiln or drying apparatus of my improved construction can be made of any size, to accommodate difierent widths and lengths of veneering, and if desired the apparatus can be made portable in order that it may be readily moved from one point to another, as desired.

It will be noted that in my improved drying apparatus the sheets of veneering lie on the cross rails, and there is no weight or bearing on top of said sheets; and, therefore, the same will not check or split while drying, as is the case where the same are weighted down, or held on top.

I claim:

1. In an apparatus of the class described, a series of uprights, a series of horizontally disposed rails fixed to each upright, the upper edges of which rails are of inverted V- shape in cross section, and the lower edges of which rails are V-shaped in cross section in order to form knife edged bearings for the sheets of veneering which are laid flat upon the rails, and the ends of all of the rails being pointed to facilitate the insertion of the sheets of veneering.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a series of uprights, a series of horizontally disposed rails fixed to each upright, the upper edges of which rails are of inverted V- shape in cross section, and the lower edges of which rails are l-shaped in cross section in order to form knife edged bearings for the sheets of veneering which are laid flat upon the rails, the ends of all of the rails being pointed to facilitate the insertion of the sheets of veneering, and a protecting cover supported by the upper ends of the uprights.

In an apparatus of the class described, a series of uprights, a series of horizontally disposed mils fixed to each upright, the up- In testimony whereof, I have signed my per edges of which mils are of inverted V- name to this specification in presence of two shape in cross section, and the lower edges 1 subscribing Witnesses.

of which rails are V-shape in cross section in GAINES M. VALKER. order to form knife edged supports for the sheets of veneering Which are laid fiat in the spaces between said rails.

\Yitnesses M. P. SMITH, E. L. VALLACE. 

